Fruit is rich in various nutrients, which is beneficial to human body and tastes good. People usually like to peel it and eat it, or eat it directly after washing it. Many people may not know that some fruits are more nutritious when cooked.
Cooking fruits in winter can not only prevent cold and cool down, but also increase the health care function for middle-aged and elderly people.
Some fruits become good medicine when cooked.
Steamed oranges with salt have the function of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
There are two components in orange peel that have the function of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, one is narcotine and the other is orange peel oil. These two ingredients will only come out of the orange peel after cooking. These ingredients have no side effects and are suitable for chronic cough.
How to eat:
Soak the orange in salt water for 20 minutes, then cut a slice at the top of the orange, sprinkle a little salt on the exposed pulp, and drill a few holes with chopsticks to let the salt penetrate into the pulp. Steam in a pot for about 15 minutes.
Steamed grapefruit can clear fire, eliminate phlegm and prevent thrombosis.
Pomelo is a fruit that matures in autumn and is called "canned natural fruit". It is rich in organic acids, vitamins and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and sodium.
How to eat:
Eating only grapefruit meat wastes active substances such as hesperidin in grapefruit peel, which can reduce the viscosity of blood circulation, reduce the formation of thrombosis and effectively prevent the occurrence of stroke in middle-aged and elderly people.
Fresh pomelo is peeled and pitted, steamed and eaten with honey.
Steamed apples are antidiarrheal, detoxifying and easy to digest.
The apples are steamed and eaten. Pectin has astringent and antidiarrheal effects after boiling and is easier to digest.
How to eat:
Cut the apple with skin into small pieces, put it in a small bowl, steam it for 5 minutes, cool it slightly, and serve.
Hot steamed jujube "the king of vitamins"
Jujube is rich in protein, fat, sugar, carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin P, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Among them, the content of vitamin C ranks among the best in fruits and has the reputation of "king of vitamins".
How to eat:
The skin of dried jujube is very hard, which is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, and fresh jujube is not suitable for eating more. Therefore, the most effective way is to steam the dried dates. Steamed dates are easier to digest and are very suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.
For people with deficiency of both qi and blood and deficiency of liver and kidney, jujube can be steamed with medlar and eggs.
Hot orange beauty and skin care, reducing blood fat
Oranges can not only reduce blood fat and cholesterol in human body, but also beautify and protect skin. But eating too many oranges in winter is easy to get angry, and symptoms such as aphtha, dry mouth, dry throat and dry stool appear. And hot oranges are the best choice.
How to eat:
First, wash 1-2 oranges and soak them in warm water at 40℃-50℃ for about 1 min. Then dry the orange (until the skin is completely free of moisture) and put it in the microwave oven for 1-2 minutes until it is slightly burnt.
In this way, volatile oil, hesperidin, B vitamins, vitamin C and so on. It can penetrate into oranges in orange peel, which not only achieves the effect of health care and beauty in winter, but also won't get angry.
Steamed bananas clear away heat and moisten intestines to prevent constipation.
From the perspective of nutrition, banana is a kind of beneficial fruit rich in starch, but from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, banana is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and moisten intestines and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea.
How to eat:
Once we cook bananas, the disadvantage of banana "cold nature" disappears. Another remedy is to stew bananas with rock sugar to treat chronic cough.
Stewed pear has the functions of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing dryness.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that pears are beneficial and versatile. It can treat wind and heat, moisten lung, cool heart, eliminate phlegm, reduce fire and detoxify. Modern medicine has proved that pear has the functions of moistening lung, clearing dryness, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
How to eat:
Pears must be steamed in water, or put in soup or stewed with herbs. Pears are cold, which will reduce the coldness after being boiled into soup, and the effect of moistening dryness and clearing fire is better.
Steamed pears have the functions of clearing away heat, moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Other foods or drugs can be added during steaming to enhance the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
Hawthorn porridge strengthens the heart, lowers blood fat and blood pressure.
Hawthorn has the functions of lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, strengthening heart and resisting arrhythmia, and is also a good medicine for invigorating spleen, appetizing, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm. Hawthorn contains a lot of organic acids, fruit acids and so on. Eating raw food will stimulate the stomach to a certain extent, and there will be "inverted teeth".
How to eat:
Steamed hawthorn also has the dietotherapy effects of invigorating spleen and appetizing, resolving food stagnation, promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm. Eating hawthorn and rice together in porridge can prevent indigestion and play an auxiliary anti-cancer role.
Cooking red dates can help digestion.
Ripe pears can relieve cough and resolve phlegm. ...
Healthy and delicious food is most suitable for us to treat our bodies in winter.
Moisturize the body and mind.
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